Step By Step and Years and Years DVD releases

STEP BY STEP: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON (1996-1997), DVD

Street Date         2/11/20

Run Time             523:00

Sound Quality    STEREO - English

Aspect Ratio       4 X 3 FULL FRAME, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.33:1

Product Color    COLOR

Disc Configuration 3 DVD9 

Season Six sees Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) join the cast as beautician Carol Lambert’s (Suzanne Somers) new business partner: hairdresser extraordinaire Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux. The partnership comes with Frank Lambert’s (Patrick Duffy) blessing, but Frank has second thoughts when Jean-Luc turns out to be a world-class meddler. Whether it involves Carol going incognito to Mark’s (Christopher Castile) basketball games, J.T. (Brandon Call) moving into a bachelor sanctuary, Frank’s spoiled camping trip or Lilly (Emily Mae Young) getting too many birthday gifts, Jean-Luc is behind it. Meanwhile, all of the grown kids except Brendan (Josh Byrne) want to go to a music festival, but Carol forbids them – until Al (Christine Lakin) discovers that Carol attended Woodstock and smoked marijuana! And to make matters worse, Frank has a midlife crisis.

YEARS AND YEARS: THE LIMITED SERIES (2019)

Run Time             355:00

Subtitles               English SDH

Sound Quality    DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1 - English

Aspect Ratio       ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.0:1, 16 X 9 LETTERBOX

Product Color    COLOR

Disc Configuration 2 DVD9

Follow the hopes, fears and joys of an ordinary British family over the course of 15 years in the funny, frightening and provocative six-part series Years and Years. As Britain withdraws from Europe, America becomes a lone wolf and China asserts itself, the world is rocked by a flurry of unstable political, economic, cultural and technological advances. It’s a world in which no one can tell political right from left – as evidenced by the rise to power of Vivienne Rook (two-time Academy Award® winner* Emma Thompson), a brash entrepreneur whose say-anything style makes her as appealing as she is controversial. Full of wit and warmth, Years and Years is ultimately about family, showing the relatable struggles of surviving the day to day as society changes faster than ever before. The series was created and written by Russell T Davies (Queer as Folk, The Second Coming, the 2005 revival of Doctor Who).

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Limited Drama Series "Years and Years" Debuts June 24 on HBO

Limited Drama Series "Years and Years" Debuts June 24 on HBO
Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, Jessica Hynes, Ruth Madeley and Anne Reid star, along with Emma Thompson, who plays an outspoken celebrity turned political figure whose controversial opinions divide the nation.

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[via press release from HBO] Limited Drama Series YEARS AND YEARS Debuts June 24 on HBO

The six-part limited drama series YEARS AND YEARS debuts MONDAY, JUNE 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

YEARS AND YEARS follows the members of one family as their complex lives converge on one crucial night in 2019, when Britain is rocked by political, economic and technological advances. Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, Jessica Hynes, Ruth Madeley and Anne Reid star, along with Emma Thompson, who plays an outspoken celebrity turned political figure whose controversial opinions divide the nation.

A RED Production Company production, in co-production with HBO, BBC One and CANAL+; created, written and executive produced by Russell T Davies; executive producers, Nicola Shindler and Michaela Fereday for RED Production Company and Lucy Richer for the BBC; series producer, Karen Lewis; director and executive producer, Simon Cellan Jones.

Emma Thompson Cast in Russell T Davies' BBC One Drama "Years and Years"

Emma Thompson Cast in Russell T Davies' BBC One Drama "Years and Years"
The six-part limited series will air on HBO in the United States.

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[via press release from BBC] Emma Thompson cast in Russell T Davies' BBC One drama Years and Years
Emma Thompson joins Jessica Hynes, Rory Kinnear, Ruth Madeley, T'Nia Miller, Anne Reid and Russell Tovey as production for Years And Years begins in Manchester.

Red Production Company (a StudioCanal company) and acclaimed writer Russell T Davies are delighted to announce the dynamic cast for new BBC One drama Years And Years, a unique and ambitious six-part limited series charting one family surviving the future.

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, we follow the Lyons family as their complex lives converge on one crucial night in 2019. Then, over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of everyday life are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could ever change the world.

Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson (The Children Act, Late Night) stars in the family saga as Vivienne Rook, an outspoken celebrity turned political figure whose controversial opinions divide the nation. She's a new breed of politician, an entertainer, a rebel, a trickster, and her rise to power leads us into an unknown future.

Bafta-nominated Rory Kinnear (Spectre, Peterloo) joins Emma as Stephen Lyons, a financial advisor and the family's peacekeeper who is married to Celeste played by T'Nia Miller, (Obey, Marcella), an ambitious and opinionated accountant.

Russell Tovey (The History Boys, Quantico) will play Daniel Lyons, a hard-working housing officer and Stephen's brother. Their sister Edith, played by Jessica Hynes (Paddington 2, W1A), is radical, dangerous and calculating with a secret life. And completing the siblings is heavily pregnant Rosie, played by Ruth Madeley, (Cold Feet, Don't Take My Baby). Anne Reid (Last Tango In Halifax, The Mother) presides over the family as Muriel, imperial grandmother to the Lyons.

Russell T Davies says: "This is a dream cast, put together by Andy Pryor, the man who found Jodie Whittaker to be Doctor Who. I'm very lucky, and very excited to start filming."

The drama marks the ninth collaboration for acclaimed screenwriter Russell T Davies (A Very English Scandal, Doctor Who) and Red's Nicola Shindler, whose working relationship spans over 20 years. The partnership is known for producing relevant and timely emotionally charged dramas having previously created hit series including Queer As Folk, Casanova, Cucumber, Banana, Bob & Rose and The Second Coming.

Nicola Shindler CEO StudioCanal UK, Executive producer for Red Production Company, says: "No other writer could have written such an original, important and entertaining state-of-the-nation drama, with a family at its centre that an audience will want to spend time with. I'm thrilled a cast of this calibre will bring them to life."

Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama adds: "Russell T Davies is a master storyteller and we are utterly thrilled with this truly magnificent cast who are set to bring this unique and captivating family drama to life on BBC One."

Casey Bloys, President HBO programming, says: "HBO is thrilled to once again partner with the BBC and to be joining Red Production Company in showcasing the stellar work of Russell T Davies and Emma Thompson with this sweeping family saga which captures the spirit of our time."
Jean-Marc Juramie, Senior EVP, Pay TV Content of CANAL+ Group adds: "Canal+ is very excited to pre-buy this unique series for our line-up of foreign drama. This epic saga reuniting the acclaimed creator Russell T Davies and an A-list UK cast will appeal to our subscribers. CANAL+ is delighted to continue its ongoing and fruitful partnership with StudioCanal's Red Production Company."
Years And Years is a Red Production Company production, in co-production with BBC One, HBO and Canal+, commissioned for BBC One by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content.

The 6x60-minute drama is created, written and executive produced by Russell T Davies, with Nicola Shindler and Michaela Fereday as executive producers for Red Production Company and Lucy Richer for the BBC. Series producer is Karen Lewis (Happy Valley, Last Tango In Halifax) and production commences this week in Manchester with Simon Cellan Jones (Our Friends In The North, Jessica Jones, Boardwalk Empire) as director and executive producer.
International Distribution will be handled by StudioCanal.